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Blacks Dispersed
MARIANNA, ARK. - Two hun­dred
and fifty black students were
dispersed and 22 of them were
arrested after they left classes and
assembled on the campus of the
high school here following the
re­fusal by school administrators to
grant a list of demands, including
a request for a special program
honoring the late Martin Luther
King’s birthday. Later, 250 black
adults drove to the school and read
a letter demanding the resignations
of Supt. Henry C. Dial and High
School Principal Robert Blanken­ship.
More than a hundred of the
blacks then drove to Little Rock to
air their grievances, but Gov. Dale
Bumpers did not meet with the
group. Meanwhile, Mrs. Blanken­ship
reported anonymous telephone
callers had threatened the lives of
her family.

Blacks Dispersed
MARIANNA, ARK. - Two hun­dred
and fifty black students were
dispersed and 22 of them were
arrested after they left classes and
assembled on the campus of the
high school here following the
re­fusal by school administrators to
grant a list of demands, including
a request for a special program
honoring the late Martin Luther
King’s birthday. Later, 250 black
adults drove to the school and read
a letter demanding the resignations
of Supt. Henry C. Dial and High
School Principal Robert Blanken­ship.
More than a hundred of the
blacks then drove to Little Rock to
air their grievances, but Gov. Dale
Bumpers did not meet with the
group. Meanwhile, Mrs. Blanken­ship
reported anonymous telephone
callers had threatened the lives of
her family.

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Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas